Ted
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- Location
- New Zealand
Kev, what width of spread do you get with the Vicon?
Vicon is the weapon of choice for me but the einbock type seeders or air drills do a good job but don't sow it too deep.
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The best drill or seeder for sowing grass seed
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blue power
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- Location
- Staffordshire
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
- Location
- Cornwall.
General-Lee
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- Location
- Devon
It must be the seedbut probably great grass seed grown by a very good farmer
Get a room!!
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- Cornwall.
- Location
- North East Wilts
I ve been using the 20 m Airjet for 20 years and then roll and roll again. You can plant 50 acres after tea!
Rust
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- Location
- Hertfordshire
Keep fit
Low fuel use
Kev, its a while ago since I used a Vicon but want to go back to sowing my own.
What( I think) I can remember was that I didn't run the tractor at full revs, and the setting on the vicon was in or around 14 for 15/16kg /acre ( and forward speed was 6mph).
Is that close to what you are running?
thats what i use as well.This is my £300 fiona grass seed sower.
plus bigger wheels help to reduce 'bounce' and also i find it's best not to have too much grass seed in the hopper as it compacts slightly even with the agitator, then gives an unpredictable seed rate i think .- one acres worth optimal ir ... if you can bear getting on and off to fill each time...
-carry seed on a frame / front of thetractor.i often just mix seed in the hopper as i go ie extra clover or a bit of chicory etc.
i have an 'a' frame welded on to hitch up easily and so it will fit on the loader with a frame adaptor to get it moved around, no end tow then needed.
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
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Keep fit
Low fuel use
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Very similar I think I was on number 16-18 and about 6.5 mph driving a metre or so from last bout.
I usually put half the seed in and sow the field once then other half in and sow it again across the marks doesn't take much longer tbh.
Wilberforce
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- Location
- North Shropshire
- Location
- Romsey, Hampshire
Havent rread all the posts but the best machine I had was a kockerling grass harrow with paddle boards. Key was having a pto driven seed box that was easier to calibt=rate than some others.
I have two of these and they are great machines but can parts be still got .Broke out this beast for a bit of grass seeds. Fiona grass box mounted on an old cultivator frame. 4 metre at brisk pace at little more than tick over soon covers the ground. Always go twice over to get the best coverage.
Wilberforce
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- Location
- North Shropshire
Never had the need for spare parts, although yours will have done a lot more work. Not much on them to wear and repair? Google the manufacturer for parts?
The plastic gears on the agitater wear due to the box being full of seed , I never fill mine now .
James
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- Location
- Comber, Down
Courier
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- Location
- M62 - M1 - M18 triangle
There's a lot to be said for drilling grass seed at half rate & twice at an alternate angle . Obviously slows the job down but the aim is to do the best job not necessarily the fastest.
- Location
- South Molton
I've tried using our accord, use a contractor with a knockerling and a grass harrow. Best results i get are with a teagle twin disc spreader that over laps the seeds.
This year we ploughed, flat rolled, power harrowed (don't usually but time was against us) then tume/speed harrowed ,sowed, then cambridge rolled. Oh and shut the gate.
This year we ploughed, flat rolled, power harrowed (don't usually but time was against us) then tume/speed harrowed ,sowed, then cambridge rolled. Oh and shut the gate.